OrangeCat Racing’s Uribe scores two podium finishes, secures second place in final MotoAmerica Stock 1000 Championship standings at New Jersey Motorsports Park
Travis Wyman concludes season with top-nine result Sunday at Sept. 27-29 season finale.
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OrangeCat Racing By Marino Communications | October 1, 2024
OrangeCat Racing rider Jayson Uribe (No. 360). Photo credit: Fatal Visualz
MILLVILLE, N.J. -- Jayson Uribe came up a little short of winning the MotoAmerica Stock 1000 title in his first season back racing full time, but the Californian still finished second in the championship chase and made the conclusion of his 2024 season a memorable one. Uribe narrowly missed out on winning the Saturday Stock 1000 race at New Jersey Motorsports Park, then earned a hard-fought third-place finish on Sunday to end the season with a double podium performance despite starting eighth in both races.
This season marked OrangeCat Racing’s second-consecutive year with one of its riders finishing second in the Stock 1000 standings, as Kaleb De Keyrel accomplished the same feat in 2023.
Uribe’s teammate, Travis Wyman, had a positive end to what has been a challenging 2024 campaign. The Las Vegas resident and two-time Stock 1000 Championship runner-up struggled in Saturday’s Race 1 before capturing a ninth-place finish Sunday.
Overall, Uribe amassed 180 championship points, with two race victories, five additional podium finishes and two additional top-five results to his credit in just 10 races. Wyman finished the season ninth in the points standings with 69 points.
The weekend’s Stock 1000 action kicked off Friday morning with the round’s only practice session, in which both OrangeCat Racing riders struggled a little for pace. Uribe was the sixth-fastest rider in that session, and Wyman was 12th-fastest. The first of two qualifying sessions took place Friday afternoon, and it ended with Uribe having provisionally qualified seventh and Wyman 12th. Qualifying concluded Saturday morning with Uribe having slipped to eighth in the qualifying order and Wyman having secured 12th place on the starting grid for the round’s two Stock 1000 races.
The Saturday Stock 1000 race was the scene of a fierce battle between Uribe and the championship leader in the race’s closing laps. Uribe wheelied a little at the start of the race, but quickly began working his way up the running order. He was running in sixth place by the end of Lap 1 and second place at the end of the next lap. Though the championship leader had built a sizable lead to the rest of the field, Uribe methodically closed that gap and took the race lead at the end of Lap 11 when the championship leader nearly crashed coming out of the last corner. Uribe held a narrow lead for the next three laps, but a bold move by the championship leader at the last turn of the last lap demoted Uribe to a runner-up finish by a margin of 0.026 seconds. Wyman continued to struggle for pace in Race 1 and had to settle for an 11th-place result.
Sunday’s Race 2 – the final Stock 1000 race of the 2024 season – didn't go as well for Uribe. Though he moved up several positions early in the first lap, he fell back in the running order later in the lap to complete it in seventh place. Uribe moved up to fifth place on Lap 3 and fourth place on Lap 11 of the 14-lap race. Uribe continued pushing hard to the last corner of the last lap, when he made a move that helped him claim a third-place finish by a margin of 0.030 seconds. Wyman had a much better race on Sunday. He ran most of the race in 10th place and moved up to ninth place on Lap 11 – which was the position he finished the race in.
The OrangeCat Racing Team thanks its many sponsors and fans for the contributions to the team’s success in 2024. An announcement about the team’s plans for the 2025 MotoAmerica season will be made at a later date.
Jayson Uribe / No. 360
“We may have barely missed out on the No. 1 plate, but to be able to ride with such a great crew and on such an amazing machine is a win for me. Coming into the weekend, I knew that I had my work cut out for me. All I wanted to do was focus on my riding and never give up. The weather was pretty bad all the way into Race 1, and trying to get a decent setup was almost impossible with the constantly changing conditions. In both qualifying sessions, both the team and I made the decision to stay on wet tires as the track started to dry out towards the end of the sessions. It worked out up until about the last minute, when I went from P1 to P8 when a few other riders decided to move to slick tires. It was a risk that we weren't willing to take, and I don't regret it one bit. In Race 1, I was able to close the gap up to the race leader and make a move into the lead. Honestly, I didn't expect him to make a pass in the last corner on the last lap, seeing as there was a wet patch on the entry and we were on slicks. Props to him for being willing to risk everything for the win. Race 2 was the same story, more or less. The first few laps were a big struggle for me, I just couldn't get the rear tire to grip. After I figured out how to ride the bike with it being so loose, I just put my head down and kept pushing to close the gap. I was happy to be able to catch up and pass my way onto the podium on the last lap. A huge shout out to the entire OrangeCat Racing team, alpha Racing, BMW, and all my supporters throughout the year. I genuinely rode my heart out this weekend, I feel there's nothing more I could've done.”
Travis Wyman / No. 10
"New Jersey was a tough one for me. The conditions were super difficult in practice and qualifying with the wet/dry racetrack. I had a really hard time finding my rhythm and ended up qualifying 12th. I finished the races in 11th and ninth, which is progress but still isn't where we want to be. Congrats to Jayson on getting second place in the championship and thank you to the entire OrangeCat Team for all their hard work this season. Now it's onto 2025!"
OrangeCat Racing's promotional and technical partners for the 2024 MotoAmerica season include Motoworks Chicago, Ohlins USA, and alpha Racing.
Travis Wyman’s promotional partners for the 2024 MotoAmerica season include SP Connect, Klingler Thrillers, Fast Line Motorcycle Performance, Stomp Grip, On Any Moto, Bilmola USA and Alpinestars.
Jayson Uribe's promotional partners for the 2024 MotoAmerica season include CT Racing, 4SR, San Jose Motorsport and Red Engine Brewing.
To learn more about OrangeCat Racing, visit the team’s website at http://orangecatracing.com and follow the team on Instagram at @orangecatracing.
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This press release has been prepared by Marino Communications on behalf of OrangeCat Racing. If you would like more information about this topic, please contact Michael Marino at 614.636.0199 or michael@marinocommunications.com
OrangeCat Racing rider Travis Wyman (No. 10). Photo credit: Fatal Visualz
OrangeCat Racing rider Jayson Uribe (middle, No. 360) poses with members of the OrangeCat Racing Team at the podium area at New Jersey Motorsports Park on Sept. 29. Photo credit: Fatal Visualz